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Do You Have Back to School Questions? #SCSDCares: (8/13/18)
WE ARE EXCITED TO WELCOME OUR STUDENTS & STAFF BACK TO SCHOOL FOR THE 2018 - 19 SCHOOL YEAR!
As with any new beginning, a new school year comes with questions and unknowns. To serve as a resource for families, several Syracuse City School District departments ...

Upstate Oasis Program Brings Mentors to SCSD Schools: (4/10/18)
“Which do you like better… reading or coloring?” Oasis tutor Rosalind NaPier asked a first grader at McKinley-Brighton as the youngster colored in an ‘About Me’ book.
“Hmm…” the student pondered as she completed a crayon drawing of a monkey, her ...

You're Invited; Kindergarten Information Sessions: (1/22/18)
The Syracuse City School District is pleased to host a series of Kindergarten Information Sessions! If you are a city resident with a child who will be five years old by 12/1/18 (born between 12/2/12 and 12/1/13), you are invited to attend.
Information Sessions are an opportunity to meet the principal ...

OCC Partnership Expands Into Three SCSD Schools: (11/6/17)
In the 2016-17 school year, Onondaga Community College announced a partnership with McKinley-Brighton Elementary. OCC staff visited the school to help students make journals, create spin art to learn about centripetal force, create personal superheroes that are now on display in the new OCC Coulier ...

SCSD Students Become Avid Readers Thanks to Mayor’s Summer Reading Challenge: (8/9/17)
As part of the Mayor’s Summer Reading Challenge, SCSD students were tasked with reading as much as they could this summer. Their minutes spent reading were tallied, and Mayor Miner visited classrooms with the most minutes read at each school building to present students with a bookmark, sunglasses ...

Social Worker Feature: Shannon Geer, Meachem: (3/6/17)
“What makes you awesome? I want to know what is awesome about you!”
Meachem Social Worker Shannon Geer asks this question of her students each day, in a genuine effort to help give them a confidence boost.
“Kids have a hard time recognizing that about themselves,” ...

Meachem Students Explore Use of Glass & Clay in Art: (2/15/17)
Meachem students oohed and aahed as they looked over the brightly colored glass pieces separated on a shelf in the back of their art classroom.
As part of a grant funded by the SCSD Educational Foundation , Stacy Griffin’s fourth and fifth graders enjoyed a special art project where ...

SCSD Students Named ‘Youth Unsung Heroes’: (1/31/17)
“He refuses to give up, and constantly challenges himself to be better.”
“Her love of learning is magnetic.”
“He has a positive attitude that is infectious.”
“She is an extremely positive role model for her peers.”
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Syracuse City School District Receives Two School Improvement Grants: (9/15/16)
The Syracuse City School District has received two School Improvement Grant (SIG)s from the New York State Education Department. McKinley-Brighton Elementary and Meachem Elementary have each received $2.5 million in funding through the seventh round of state SIG grant distributions.
As designated ...

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